People

Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.

Board of Directors

Tim Petersen, Chair
Rachel Bendit, Vice Chair
Christopher Conlin, Secretary
Lisa D. Cook, Treasurer

Karen Bantel
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Mark Clague
Monique Deschaine
Tiffany L. Ford
Alec Gallimore
Katherine Goldberg
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Timothy B. Johnson
Barbara Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy Lynch
Timothy G. Marshall
Michael C. Martin
Sarah Nicoli
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Rob VanRenterghem
Brian Willen

Ex-officio Members:

David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Martin Philbert, Provost, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools

Representatives to the Board:

Zita Gillis, UMS Ambassadors Chair
Tom Kinnear, UMS Sustaining Directors
Bruce Tuchman, UMS National Council Co-Chair

Ambassadors

If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.

Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.

Zita Gillis, Chair
Elena Snyder, Vice-Chair
Deanne Woodruff, Secretary
Cathy King, Treasurer
William Shell, Past Chair

Lisa Armstrong
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Elaine Bennett
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Sharon Peterson Dort
Wenli Frisch
Janet Galardi Popper
Rey Goicochea
Joan Grissing
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Carol Kaplan
Nancy Karp
Kathy Kiehl
Michael Lee
Gloria Kitto Lewis
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Kathy Rich
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Andrew Schneider
Pam Tabbaa
Kirsten Williams

National Council

Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor

Bruce Tuchman, Co-Chair
New York

Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
New York

Andrew Bernstein
New York

Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor

Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York

Kathleen Charla
San Diego

Peter Cummings
Detroit

Jacqueline Davis
New York

Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach

Sophie Delphis
New York

Janet Eilber
New York

Barbara G. Fleischman
New York

Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills

Katherine Hein
Boston

Patti Kenner
New York

Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix

Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido

David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York

Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Ann Arbor

Bridget M. McCormack and Steven P. Croley
Ann Arbor

Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor

Caroline Nussbaum
New York

Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York

James Read
Stamford

Peter Schweitzer
Ann Arbor and Arizona

James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor

Louise Taylor
Ann Arbor

Christian Vesper
New York

Eileen Weiser
Ann Arbor

Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor

Valerie Wilpon
New York

Diane Zola
New York

Tim Petersen
Ann Arbor
Ex-Officio